The pieces were purchased by Sabine Rothe at the Bollhagen workshops in the early 1980s and have been in the family's possession ever since. The wear and tear, cracks, and breaks tell the story of beloved and often-used everyday objects that, even when broken, were still too precious to throw away. All pieces were made available to me in the fall of 2019 so that I could restore them to new beauty using kintsugi.

The geometric cracks in the glaze give the golden cracks a special shape that contrasts with the playful decoration. The resulting tension is softened and harmoniously transformed by the gold/white/light blue color scheme.

The original shards were joined together using the traditional kintsugi method, with urushi Japanese lacquer and rice glue. The cracks on the outside were painted over with bengara urushi and refined with 23.75 carat Rosenoble real gold.